The Portland daily press., 1887-04-07
MARKET HALL.
The Hearing Before the Mayor and
Aldermen.
NO Person Makes Claim for Dam
ages.

In accordance with public notice given
under the law, the Mayor and Aldermen met
at tie old town hall in Market square at 10
o'clock yesterday morning for the purpose of
hearing all parties, other than the city of
Portland, claiming to have sustained any
damage by reason of the eondemning and
taking of the Market square lot as a site for
the soldiers monument
The full Board was present, the meeting
being held in the ward room. Mayor Chap
man presided. The City Clerk read the
notice as published and the Mayor an
rounccd that the Board was ready to hear
claims for damages No one responded. and
on motion of Alderman Galley it was voted
that the Board take a recess until II o'clock.
holding themselves meanwhile at the call of
the Mayor. AT II O'clock the Mayor again
called the Board to order. No one appeared
with any claim for damages, and the follow
ing order, presented by Alderman Galley,
was passed.
, Inat the annexed return of the proceedings of
lne Board Of Mayor and Aldermen be made TO
the treasurer Of the city of Portland over the sig
the same be also recorded upon the records of
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Following is the full text of the annexed
return TO the City Treasurer:
To the Treasurer Of the city Of Portland:
The undersigned, Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Portland, having
given public notice to all parties claiming to
have sustained any damage by reason of the
condemnation and taking of the parcel of
land situated in said Portland, upon which
| the building known as the Old City Hall
| now stands, and known as Market square,
and more fully described in the public notice
| hereinafter referred to as part hereof, under
/ the provisions of the act entitled IAN act
authorizing the city of Portland to condemn
and take lot Of land for the erection of
| soldiers and sailors monument" approved
February 10, 1887, by causing an advertise
ment of such notice "a copy of which is here
| to annexed and made a part of this RETURN
to be published in the Portland Daily Press
and Daily Eastern Argus, two daily papers
| published in said Portland for one week at
least, previous to the time appointed for the
| hearing thereon, to wit, by publication of
said notice in each of said daily papers on
each day from and including the Both day of
| March, 1887, to and including the 9th day of
| April, 1887, and having met at the time and
| place appointed pursuant to said public
notice, to wit, at the said Old City Hall on
the 9th day Of April, 1887, at 10 O'clock in
the forenoon, and having given all parties
interested an opportunity to be heard, and
none appearing to claim such hearing or to
| claim damage and having fully considered
| the question whether any damages were sus-
tanned by such PARTIES by such condemna-
| ton and taking, and having adjudged and
determined that no damages were sustained
| by any parties other than the city Of Port
| land, thereby, within ten days from the
close of such hearing make this our written
return to the Treasurer of said city of our
proceedings aforesaid, and of our adiudica-
ton that no damages were sustained by any
party other than said city of Portland by
such condemnation and taking
Given under our hands at said Portland
this 9th day of April, 1887.
CHARLES j. CHAPMAN, Mayor,
RICHARD K. galley,
VIRGIL G. WILSON,
HORACE III. KICKER
THOMAS MCMAHON
WILLIAM HI. SMITH,
WILLIAM M. MARKS,
HERBERT G. BRIGGS.
There being no further business the
Board adjourned.